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2020
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This essay examines the usefulness (or not) of Agamben’s notion of the state of exception as a framework for understanding the drastic changes to social life brought on by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. It also considers a number of alternative interpretations – of metaphysical or divine inspiration. COVID-19 has brought on much confusion, and this essay might or might not contribute to dissipating some of it. As always, it’s best to wash our hands.
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Oslender, Ulruch, "Greta's Wrath; or quedate en casa, Agamben: COVID-19 and the (Non-)State of Exception" (2020). Coronavirus Research at FIU. 19.
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/covid-19_research/19
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Originally published in Geopolítica(s) Revista de estudios sobre espacio y poder.